Game



Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

' UNITED. lsTATits WILLIAM n. BOOTH, or KINcARnINnoNrARIo, CANADA.

GAME.

Appi'ieatipn inea 'october 28, l1924. serial No. 746,329.

j The invention relates to games, and has as its object the pro-vision of a game of skill, utilizing a board and a projector, and

which may be made to simulate baseball,

cricket, or other types of games. An object of the invention is the provision ofy agame utilizingthefrules ofbaseball or cricket, which may be played bya number of players; A further object of the inventionl is the provision of a game, lacking the elements ofI chance, in vwhichplayers may develop great skill in the manipulation of a ball.

A further object of the inventionis the provision of a board which maybe utilized in playing a game. A-furt-her object of the invention lis-the provision of Aa projector by which balls may be impelled over a surface in a large variety of curves or in a straight path;V

' A further object ofthe invention kis `the provision of an 'attachment to a.' board to simulate a cricket wicket. lA ffurther object of the invention is fthe provision of means to represent .a batter running bases which may introduce the time element of the retrieving of abatted ball.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a boardl having lmeans tocause a ballv to fly into the airwhen batted over the surface of the board. l

' Further objects of the invention will appear from thevfollowing description when L `read inconnectionpwith the accompanying Fig. 3 is a central vertical section ofV the board;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a form lectora@ `Figs. 6 and 7` are perspective viewsfof Vforms of bats;

Fig.` 8 is a i board showing a Vwicket applied thereto; and '.`Fig-9 is a perspective view of the wicket attachmentseparated from the board; jj

As shown, the-board comprises a vflat base of pro,-

covered-with` a fabric,l not shown, such as felt.v j f detailed vertical section of a To prevent tlieball 'from rolling off from the board, there is shown akfence 11, surrounding the board on three sides.

ofthe board 10 to fly intoth-e air, the end of 'the' board, representing the boundary of the infield, is shown as edged with a slop ing'deflector board 12. Y Y j Desirable dimensions for the board, when used to `simulatea base `ball game or a cricket game, are about four feet from the pitchers box, indicated at 13, to the home To cause a ball batted alongthe surface plate', indicated at-1'4, and a desirable length for the deflector board 12 is substantially four feet, with va width thereof of substantially four inches. Y Y

g To introduce the time element of a running batsman, there is shown an inclined plane '15, adapted at"- its extremity 16 to deliver to a secondinclined plane v17. f The 'inclined planes are shown assecured* to the fence 11 'of theboard. VThe inclined planes lifand v17 `are groovedto enable a ball, such as a steel ball-bearing ballof' suitable size, to rollas on a track.

To hold'the ball in position to be released, without' being given an finitial push -or impulse, andt'o thus travel freely by gravf KLity upon the inclined plane, there is shown with any opening'of a'size to receive the ball ,21, andrwhen the batsman'- strikes thel ballk pitched tohiml acrossvthe home plate 14,

he immediately depresses the projecting end of the memberl 1.8,thereby causing the -ball holding end thereof torise and to release the ball 21, but tov givefthe same'no .impulsetoassist gravity in causing it to "roll. j.

Anupright or uprights 22- are provided at the central points of-jthe inclines 15 .and 17 vto indicate first and'fthird bas-es respectively, second base being indicated bythe end ofthe vincline 15,-and home base by the lower end of the i`nclinef17f l To ypropel a ball across the'y board to simulate a pitched ball, anim'plement is I shown in Figures 4 and 5, comprising a wire A member 10,'desirablymade ofbea'ver boardv vor of wood', `and which may, if desired, be

framefwhichmay be formed from ka single 26 and .27, and upwardly in close-relation@ each other, land as havingv a handle, of "suit,- able material, as wood, 28, slipped over tbem- The middle .finger 2% is sbeivn ivib a covering 29,'preferably of rubber, so as to secure a grip upon the ball in excess of the grip of a finger 23 or 25.

Tbe devine is used-bv planing-tbe.. bell upon the board', upon the pitchers plate 13, and pressiney (downwardly v-'Pn the proie@- ten with a` .Slight backward mbv'ernent'thereT of to suddenly s holot theball lout from Under tbe fingers. The, difference-1in, friction betweenthe'nger Q4/and that Of @ne ofthe I other ngerevvll result a spin-.ning inovef ment ofthe llllat ,anangle to thesurface of the board, thereby causing a urvedpjath of the balil- A desirable form of balll tenne in a hollow Shell of Celluloid, andthose lm'own to thetrade as pingepong balle are quite sui-table..`

Sonie .of the forms and -dreetib'ne which l the "path of the ball! may be caused to-take,

are incheatedby dotted lines ill; l, A

swift straight ball may be delivered by `so manipulating the projector ae, to, f'give a Straight backward-spin te tbeball, vvhiehvis overcome by the forward impulsioliof; suiiicient iforeey to prevent the g p.y of the'ball bren. the. surface from Yfl.eleetlng tebebree,

'or a Slew uniform enleve, S11-Cb Les. ,indien-ted at 30. A sbarnbneak S-,nnb as .ehbvvn atl bi1?, 32, ora Sl-ovv break lsuch as sbovvn at.. 33, may be had.4

very ievv. 'of a lange number illn- .sve curves rvv/beb may deliv ed, nfld. jfl

-skillednfrlayergnlav Canne-tbe ein' estendere @rondine-plaievery unexpectedly, .en .vvben appearingbdbe abbatte erneeibeielfte tbe balilmay be banned.. tQ-evndejtbe To, bat tbe; ,tb-ns, delivered .bell-- one. oef; tbe

The-.bat Shown -nEi-e-ff-, .et ,3.4, in nen-.el

clippingfthenbme enne. fiel-aie le ebeva. ini-ebene idented e vviekebldevine,eemnrlsee n beef-316- flf l@ I vgage-the upper edge of the fence. Pivoted .baseball bet, minatnrei and tbalv'SbQvvn-nt 35 lnbnefntbeiermef @peddle and..endanted;ierinenberlene...

. The bat is .te b held brbebnnlb end first t'wo lingers, in' tlie same manneriasna pene-il. enrenlbnt .vertida-lla., and. te be lgiven a dnebferivardfneet-.On ley/,tbe ll-lSe--Oillle ,secon-d fingen ildyjtb's eG-bible. tbe bat may "lb adopt ehehe-.ra

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baren-rwanda -cledvvlbb .eline die .llrletenel-fdldeeebee between "the -ikefleide and 'cause @martiale 'projecting aig sai ier free motionnpon tbe bar .3? are shown the vertical 4stumps el, and loosely laid upon their upper ends the bail member 42. KV' /Vlien aball, such as is shown in dotted `lines 'at 43, proeted bythe bowler, by means of a device of the nature shown in Fig. 4, strikes the lower end of any one of .the,stumps 4 1, the-stump or stumps will be thrown into the dotted line position oi' Fig. 8, and the beilwll fall. in the `,Sennenlanner be in field Cricket lt v-vill be understood that tbe lering of pre.T jle'etor eliown in igs. l and 5. is killusti?'aft-ive only. The eSS-@ntial feature of kthe projector- tl-ia't-itjshallhave a low-er surf-ace, represented the. form Shown by a eoninion .plan-ein vvbiebtbe 'finger-S 23,24, `and 2lb-glie', having a portion providing La; greater v,grip

upon the ball thai-1 another-portion so vthat the result. of; a snappingaton, by allowing the. ball te slip frein under the pr-director,

t bythe. spring action fbi ytbe Alina-ers. elo. .ngflgniller abbut fthe. dved rlllllffll-lU-l-@l1-lllbbersera, ed: fr@ over: eeeveed by a pea, Sure-ee.

The luDCtu-lfe .bein-een the wir@ rtf' ibefneers andes, with 'the :24e .S- Cai-"fried subst" "this manner, the spring vaction laterally between the .fngers, is. enhanced, 'An' addipaddlewith a strip ei kad/herent ect, of

- Many other may Abe devised, nt-

lizing the innetliool of projection of -pnnvid-ed by. elle lleven-b1011- ,nnd lenny minor changes ina 'be niade'in the 'physicalemming 'tliefspiritftlier'ei 'I 'claiin Y.

Afpl-ayng-boar-.d eomprsng .a playing bb-dlnent ,012. .tbeinvention, 'Without depart- 'In y to with said delectoriboard and to travel freely through4 the air.

"2. Avplaying boa-rd comprising a playing surface bounded by Va closure,`sa1d surface having a pitchers positionjand-a batters position, a portion'of said'closure comprisying a defiector' meeting :the surface at an` yangle, greater than 90 degrees whereby to vdeflect, an article projected "along the sur` kface to cause the article to leave the board and to travel freely through the air, said l. deflector partially surrounding the pitchers position rearwardly and laterally thereof.

l3. A yplaying board comprising a playing surface having a batsmans position indi-v` cated thereon, a deflector board bounding the playing surface at its end opposite the bats-p mans position, and meeting said surfacein the arc of a circle having its center substan-v tially at the batsmans position, said lde- Hector board inclined lupwardly from the surface, Whereb to cau-se an article projectedalong sai surface .to leavel the surface and travel freely through the air.

' 4. A playing board comprising a playing surface, a pair of vertically arranged oppositely inclined tracks carried by said board adjacent said surface, means to mark the center of said tracks to represent the bases of a base runner,` means at a lovver end ofv the upper track to deliver the traveling member to the lower track and to indicate a secondy base, means to stopy a traveling` member at the end of thelower track to represent a home base, yand means to release a traveling member at the upper yend of.v` the upper track Without initial propulsive *l impulse.

5. A y surface, afence carried by said surface, a

playingv board comprising a lplayingy Wicket attachment comprising a horizontal bar mountedfvupon said. fence and spaced therefrom, stumps pivotally mounted upon said bar for free oscillation, and a baill loosely carried stumps.

p 6.- A surface, al fence bounding a portion of said by the upper ends of said playing board comprising a playing surface, la Wicket attachment comprising l clips taking over the edgeV of said fence, horizontal members carried vby said clips, a transverse horizontal bar carried byv said horizontal members in spaced relationl to 

